Make auto-upgrade enabled by default, remove activation prompt

[alfonso-noriega]

WHY are these changes introduced?

Auto-upgrade was opt-in, requiring users to run shopify upgrade and answer a prompt before it would ever activate automatically. This made it effectively a no-op for most users who never ran that command. Auto-upgrade should be on by default so everyone benefits from staying up to date.

WHAT is this pull request doing?

• getAutoUpgradeEnabled now defaults to true — returns true when the preference has never been explicitly set (previously returned undefined, which disabled auto-upgrade)
• Removed promptAutoUpgrade — the interactive "Enable automatic updates?" prompt that was the only way to activate auto-upgrade; no longer needed
• shopify upgrade runs directly without prompting the user first
• shopify config autoupgrade status no longer has a "not configured" state — users see either "on" (the default) or "off"
• notConfigured constant removed from autoUpgradeStatus
• Users who previously ran shopify config autoupgrade off are unaffected — an explicit false stored in their config is respected

How to test your changes?

1. Fresh install (no prior autoUpgradeEnabled in config): run any CLI command — it should auto-upgrade after completion without any setup
2. shopify config autoupgrade status → should show "on" by default
3. shopify config autoupgrade off → should show "off"; subsequent status should show "off"
4. shopify config autoupgrade on → re-enables; status shows "on"
5. shopify upgrade → should run the upgrade directly without any prompt

Checklist

• I've considered possible cross-platform impacts (Mac, Linux, Windows)
• I've considered possible documentation changes
• I've considered analytics changes to measure impact
• The change is user-facing, so I've added a changelog entry with pnpm changeset add

[alfonso-noriega]

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packages/cli-kit/dist/private/node/conf-store.d.ts

@@ -128,10 +128,11 @@ interface RunWithRateLimitOptions {
 export declare function runWithRateLimit(options: RunWithRateLimitOptions, config?: LocalStorage<ConfSchema>): Promise<boolean>;
 /**
  * Get auto-upgrade preference.
+ * Defaults to true if the preference has never been explicitly set.
  *
- * @returns Whether auto-upgrade is enabled, or undefined if never set.
+ * @returns Whether auto-upgrade is enabled.
  */
-export declare function getAutoUpgradeEnabled(config?: LocalStorage<ConfSchema>): boolean | undefined;
+export declare function getAutoUpgradeEnabled(config?: LocalStorage<ConfSchema>): boolean;
 /**
  * Set auto-upgrade preference.
  *

packages/cli-kit/dist/public/node/upgrade.d.ts

 import { getAutoUpgradeEnabled, setAutoUpgradeEnabled } from '../../private/node/conf-store.js';
 export { getAutoUpgradeEnabled, setAutoUpgradeEnabled };
 /**
  * Utility function for generating an install command for the user to run
  * to install an updated version of Shopify CLI.
  *
  * @returns A string with the command to run, or undefined if the package manager cannot be determined.
  */
 export declare function cliInstallCommand(): string | undefined;
 /**
  * Runs the CLI upgrade using the appropriate package manager.
  * Determines the install command and executes it.
  *
  * @throws AbortError if the package manager or command cannot be determined.
  */
 export declare function runCLIUpgrade(): Promise<void>;
 /**
  * Returns the version to auto-upgrade to, or undefined if auto-upgrade should be skipped.
- * Auto-upgrade is disabled by default and must be enabled via `shopify upgrade`.
+ * Auto-upgrade is enabled by default and can be disabled via `setAutoUpgradeEnabled(false)`.
  * Also skips for CI, pre-release versions, or when no newer version is available.
  *
  * @returns The version string to upgrade to, or undefined if no upgrade should happen.
  */
 export declare function versionToAutoUpgrade(): string | undefined;
 /**
  * Shows a daily upgrade-available warning for users who have not enabled auto-upgrade.
  * Skipped in CI and for pre-release versions. When auto-upgrade is enabled this is a no-op
  * because the postrun hook will handle the upgrade directly.
  */
 export declare function warnIfUpgradeAvailable(): Promise<void>;
 /**
  * Generates a message to remind the user to update the CLI.
  * For major version bumps, appends a link to the GitHub release notes so users
  * can review breaking changes before deciding to upgrade.
  *
  * @param version - The version to update to.
  * @param isMajor - Whether the version bump is a major version change.
  * @returns The message to remind the user to update the CLI.
  */
 export declare function getOutputUpdateCLIReminder(version: string, isMajor?: boolean): string;
-/**
- * Prompts the user to enable or disable automatic upgrades, then persists their choice.
- *
- * @returns Whether the user chose to enable auto-upgrade.
- */
-export declare function promptAutoUpgrade(): Promise<boolean>;

[craigmichaelmartin]

Yes!!!!